貴族
きぞく
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
JLPT N1 Common word
Meanings
Noun, No-adjective
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
Example sentences
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He's a genuine aristocrat.
貴族に列せられた。
He was created a peer.
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He springs from a noble family.
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The king created him a peer.
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This park used to be a hunting ground for a noble family.
More examples (5)
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He was a so-called aristocrat by birth.
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The aristocrat clings to the glory of his past.
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His dress somehow gives an aristocratic impression.
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The country was governed by a French noble family.
爵位があるから、貴族だというわけにはいかないんだぜ。爵位が無くても、天爵というものを持っている立派な貴族のひともあるし、おれたちのように爵位だけは持っていても、貴族どころか、賤民にちかいのもいる。
It's not because you have a title, that you're a noble. There are people who have a natural nobility and are fine nobles. People like us who only have nobility titles are not nobles, we're more like peasants.